Noble Denim conquered the world with
their Cincinnati- and Tennessee-based line of handmade denim jeans, and
now founders Abby and Chris Sutton and their team are venturing into a
collection of organic cotton knit basics called Victor Athletics in
hopes to make more of an impact with U.S.-hewn apparel.

Just four more days for the 2015 Cincy Fringe. CityBeat’s
review team has been covering each show’s opening, giving Critic’s
Picks to “must-see” productions. Here are a half-dozen edited clips, in
case you need tips for shows to consider. Find more picks and full
reviews of the 40-plus productions at citybeat.com.

With the number of places in which to
hone their craft in short supply, it has befallen many comedians to
organize their own independent shows. It’s a concept that developed
somewhat oddly in comedy club-heavy towns like the aforementioned, and
it’s now in Cincinnati.

The Camp Washington-based furniture
maker/interior design team of Hayes Shanesy and Rosie Kovacs, known
collectively as Brush Factory, recently finished a year-long,
three-floor build out for People’s Liberty, a new philanthropic lab from
the Haile/U.S. Bank and Johnson foundations, across from Findlay Market
in Over-the-Rhine.

Thomas McGuane (Knopf)

The slyly ironic, superbly crafted and often hysterical 17 short stories that comprise Crow Fair
prove Thomas McGuane is America’s preeminent chronicler of “Big Sky”
country and the “new American West.”

Johann Hari (Bloomsbury)

In this groundbreaking and controversial
manifesto, we join Johann Hari on his three-year investigation — a kind
of “trail of tears” that traverses nine countries, covers 30,000 miles
and tracks the lives of countless individuals whose lives have been
caught up in the maelstrom of the so-called “Drug War.”

Stone Soup Collective provides healthy food, exercise and education to those in need

Liz Wu is an instigator of goodness. Her
nonprofit organization, Stone Soup Collective, works to bring the
community together through outreach initiatives, including clothing and
food drives, musical enrichment sessions and lifestyle and wellness
education.